Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 251. I am a very reasonable person_1

Chapter 251: 251. I am a very reasonable person_1

He poured him another cup of coffee, a gesture seemingly gentle but it somehow made Elijah Gibbs feel as though a murderous aura was approaching him.

"General Young, don’t be nervous. I asked you over just to have a good chat, so first have a cup of coffee to relax," he said.

Elijah Gibbs held the coffee cup, his hand unconsciously tightening its grip.

For some reason, hearing Adam Jones say "have a good chat," he just felt that nothing good would come of it.

"I wonder what President Jones would like to discuss?"

Elijah Gibbs looked at Adam Jones, his will to resist completely gone.

Adam Jones smiled, "My wife has always been kind and appears vulnerable, never complains to me even if she’s wronged outside. So, General Young, rest assured, my demands won’t be excessive."

Hearing Adam Jones say this, especially with a smile, Elijah Gibbs couldn’t feel at ease at all.

"President Jones, please state your demands, I will do as you ask," Elijah Gibbs said with a quivering voice as he swallowed hard.

"I’m not a cruel person, creating a situation that leads your company to bankruptcy; that’s something I wouldn’t do. After all, General Young, you didn’t build your business easily," Adam Jones stated.

"Yes... Yes, thank you, President Jones."

"However, my wife has been unable to eat or sleep recently because of this matter, she’s become haggard, and it pains me to see her like this. So, for these emotional damages, nutritional costs, and so on, you should compensate her somewhat, right, General Young?"

Upon hearing that Adam Jones only had this in mind, General Young’s anxious heart finally relaxed a bit, "Of course, naturally."

Adam Jones took another piece of paper from beside him and passed it to Elijah Gibbs, saying, "This is the price I’ve calculated for you, General Young, take a look."

Elijah Gibbs reached out to take it, and when he saw the amount at the bottom, his face instantly changed.

"Five... Five hundred million?"

Elijah Gibbs looked up in disbelief at the nonchalant face of Adam Jones, "President... President Jones, this is..."

Wasn’t this a bit too much to ask?

The total value of his company was barely over a dozen billion, and here he was being asked to cough up five billion!

"General Young also thinks it’s not that much, right? I said, I wouldn’t ask for an exorbitant amount."

Adam Jones poured General Young another cup of coffee and smiled, "Besides, my second small request is for General Young to hold a press conference and apologize to my wife. This demand isn’t excessive, right?"

Excessive... Your mother’s head is excessive!

Elijah Gibbs cursed inwardly.

"President Jones, this patent technology is worth at most ten or twenty million, asking for five hundred million, isn’t that a bit... too much?"

"Too much?"

Adam Jones raised an eyebrow, "I think it’s quite little."

As he said this, the gentle expression on his face had vanished, and when he stopped smiling, the formidable air about him intensified.

"The patent may not be worth five billion, but my wife’s reputation is worth far more than that amount."

Adam Jones smiled coldly, his gaze sharply locking onto Elijah Gibbs, "I’m a reasonable man. If General Young thinks the proposal I’ve given is not quite right, then I can offer you another one."

"Wha... What proposal?"

"That would be to let you go bankrupt."

Adam Jones spread his hands in feigned helplessness.

Elijah Gibbs: "..."

Go to hell with being reasonable, what kind of reasoning is this?

Is he saying when he’s happy, he’ll fleece me for half, and when he’s upset, he’ll take all my wool?

"President Jones, this... This is just too unreasonable,"

Even though he knew Adam Jones’s demands were excessive, Elijah Gibbs didn’t dare to be too assertive in front of Adam Jones.